Brunswick sold Mongoose to Pacific Cycle in 2000 and Pacific Cycle was bought by Montreal-based Dorel Industries in 2004. By combining Pon.Bike and Dorel Sports, a number one bicycle firm in the world shall be created, with a combined revenue of round 2.5 billion euro. Mongoose is a brand name of bicycles originally mongoose mountain bicycles designed, manufactured, and offered by BMX Products, Inc. RECO was a wholly owned manufacturing division created for insurance purposes to be separate from BMX Products, Inc, although RECO was at all times produced in-house.
It was headed by Vice President of Manufacturing Hoppy Brooks, in his attempt to market bike frames. Skip Hess began BMX Products, Inc. out of his house in Simi Valley, California in September 1974 along with mongoose hybrid bike his first product being the well-known Motomag One wheel. In its early years Hess recalled that about 600 frames per day had been produced at its Chatsworth, Los Angeles location.
